Battle of the Bulge, World War II, 1944. Lieutenant Costa, an infantry company officer who must establish artillery observation posts in a strategic area, has serious doubts about Captain Cooney's leadership ability.
Acting
Palance's eyeballs deserve their own Oscar category.
Direction
Aldrich's cramped framing turns a house into a coffin.
Director
Robert Aldrich
Jack Palance
Joe Costa
Eddie Albert
Erskine Cooney
Lee Marvin
Clyde Bartlett
Robert Strauss
Bernstein
Richard Jaeckel
Snowden
Buddy Ebsen
Tolliver
Strother Martin
Ingersol
Jon Shepodd
John Jackson
Peter van Eyck
SS Captain
Steven Geray
Otto
Jud Taylor
Jacob R. Abramowitz
William Smithers
Harry Woodruff
Jim Goodwin
Ricks
Bing Russell
Medic
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Eddie Albert was a WWII Navy hero in real life, making his coward performance deliciously ironic.
Made during Hollywood's blacklist era, its anti-authoritarian rage somehow slipped past censors who missed the class warfare.
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